23 Lydia Dexter
23 Lydia Dexter
Height: 5-7
Year: GR
Hometown: Oakland, Maine
High School: Messalonskee
Position: Attack
Major: Education Leadership
gp 20
p 131
g 85
a 46

Accolades:
All-GNAC: First Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
GNAC Player of the Year (2022, 2023)
GNAC All-Tournament MVP (2022)
GNAC Player of the Week: 3/7/2021, 3/21/2022, 3/28/2022, 4/3/2022, 4/11/2022, 4/18/2022, 4/25/2022, 5/2/2022, 3/6/2023, 4/10/2023
GNAC Honor Roll: 3/30/2021, 4/5/2021, 4/12/2021, 3/14/2022, 3/13/2023, 3/20/2023, 4/3/2023, 5/1/2023
GNAC All-Academic: 2019, 2021, 2023
CSC Academic All-District (2023)
IWLCA All-Region 2nd Team (2022)
IWLCA Academic Honor Roll: 2023

2023: Appeared and started in all 20 games…tallied 85 goals, 46 assist, 55 ground balls, 40 draw controls, and 23 caused turnovers…netted seven goals, one assist, six ground balls, two draw controls, and one caused turnover in a win against Gordon College, scored four goals, two assists, five ground balls, two draw controls, and four caused turnovers against Regis College…netted six goals, four assists, four ground balls, four draw controls, and one caused turnover on April 22nd against St. Joseph Conn…ended the season collecting All-GNAC First Team, GNAC Player of the Year, GNAC Player of the Week (3/6/23) and (4/10/23), GNAC Honor Roll 3/13/2023, 3/20/2023, 4/3/2023, 5/1/2023, GNAC All-Academic, CSC Academic All-District, and IWLCA Academic Honor Roll.

2022: Played and started in all 21 games as a first-year grad student…tallied 80 goals and 75 assists for 155 total points on 170 shots, including 131 on target…netted four game-winning goals with 14 free-position tallies…picked up 78 ground balls with 46 draw controls and 22 caused turnovers…established new SJC records for goals, assists, points, points per game (7.38), and assists per game (3.57)…also shattered the GNAC single-season points record (previously 130 points) and holds the Monks' career record for assists (115)…finished the season ranked third in NCAA DIII Women's Lacrosse in points, fifth in assists, ninth in assists per game (3.57), 10th in points per game (7.38), and 17th in goals…scored at least two goals in 20 different games, with three or more in 15 contests…kicked off the season with four goals and four assists in a 20-4 triumph over Maine Maritime on February 19th…netted five goals with seven assists in a win over Thomas College on March 2nd…tied a program single-game record with 13 points (5G, 8A) at University of Saint Joseph on March 19th…registered seven goals, three assists, 10 ground balls, three draw controls, and three caused turnovers in a 20-8 win at Elms College on April 12th…scored eight goals in wins over Anna Maria (4/19) and Colby-Sawyer (4/26)…notched two goals and an assist with five ground balls and six draw controls in the Monks’ 2022 GNAC Championship victory over Johnson & Wales University on May 7th…garnered GNAC Tournament MVP, First Team All-GNAC, GNAC Offensive Player of the Year, and IWLCA Second Team All-Region honors…selected as the GNAC Player of the Week seven times…in just 45 career games, she has tallied 129 goals and 115 assists totaling 244 points with 126 ground balls, 90 draw controls and 46 caused turnovers…she ranks second all-time in points and sixth in goals scored at SJC.

2021: Started all eight games as a senior attack…netted 27 goals with 32 assists for 59 total points…added 23 ground balls, nine draw controls, and 15 caused turnovers…led the conference in assists and ranked third in total points…ranked second in NCAA DIII Women’s Lacrosse in points per game (7.38) and fourth in assists per game (4.00)…named First Team All-GNAC and garnered GNAC All-Academic honors for the second time…kicked off the season by scoring four goals with three assists, five ground balls, and four caused turnovers in a 17-6 victory at Gordon College on March 13th…tallied five goals, seven assists, five caused turnovers, and two ground balls in a 17-5 win over Becker College on March 28th…notched three goals, five assists, five ground balls, and three caused turnovers in a conference triumph over Norwich three days later…scored twice and dealt four assists for six total points with five ground balls and two caused turnovers in a 16-3 win at Thomas College on April 3rd…added three goals and six assists in a 15-6 GNAC win at Simmons University four days later…netted three goals with three assists in a 12-11 overtime loss at eventual GNAC Champion Johnson & Wales University on April 17th…capped the shortened season with six goals and four assists to help the Monks topple Norwich University, 18-7, two days later…heads into her graduate season with 49 goals and 40 assists for 89 total points in just 24 games.

2020: Missed the season due to injury.

2019: Played and started in 16 games as a first-year member of the women’s lacrosse program…scored 22 goals with eight assists for 30 total points…picked up 25 ground balls with 40 draw controls and nine caused turnovers as a staple in the midfield…ranked third on the team in draw controls, fourth in goals, and fifth in points…netted a pair of goals in her first NCAA game, a 17-8 setback versus John Carroll during the Monks’ trip to Puerto Rico on March 5th…collected a personal-best eight draw controls with a goal and an assist in an 8-7 conference victory over Colby-Sawyer on March 13th…tallied a goal, two assists, and three caused turnovers in a lopsided triumph over Anna Maria on March 20th…netted two goals with a pair of assists and five ground balls in a 15-10 win at Norwich 10 days later…added three goals and five draw controls in a hard-fought 11-10 loss to Regis on April 6th…tacked on another hat trick performance in a 20-4 victory at Husson four days later…scored twice in a 15-3 win versus UMaine-Farmington on April 15th…racked up two goals with an assist, four ground balls, and a pair of draw controls in a 12-11 setback at the hands of Lasell on April 24th.

2018: Appeared in seven games with one start for the Salisbury University field hockey program.

2017: Played three games for the University of Maine field hockey team.

High School: Spent four years at Messalonskee high school where she helped guide the team to a trio of Eastern Maine runner-up finishes...During her high school career, tallied 38 goals and earned a pair of All-State selections...In 2016, was named First Team All-Conference as a captain and was honored as the team's Most Valuable Player...Outside of her high school career, competed for the Majestix Club team where she led the squad to a Regional Club Championship in 2015...Helped her lacrosse team advance to the State Championship game three times with a State title in 2016.

Personal: Lydia Rose Dexter, born in Oakland, Maine...Daughter of Tom and Sarah Dexter...Sister to Sam(26), Jake (25) and Hannah (29)...Majored in Exercise Science and currently working on her masters in Education Leadership. 

 

Recent Games
Apr 19 at Simmons W, 15-8
Apr 22 St. Joseph (Conn.) W, 14-3
Apr 26 Colby-Sawyer W, 14-11
Apr 28 Norwich W, 21-2
May 3 Simmons W, 11-5
May 6 at Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 10-6
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 20 13
Points 131 90
Goals 85 57
Assists 46 33
Shots 174 119
Shooting percentage 48.9 47.9
Shots on goal 139 98
Shots on goal percentage 79.9 82.4
Free position goals-shots 13-21 9-13
Ground balls 55 35
Draw controls 40 34
Turnovers 53 35
Caused turnovers 23 15
Fouls 6 3
Yellow cards 1 0
Red cards 0 0
Green cards 0 0
Date Opponent Score g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Feb 18 at U. of New England W, 12-5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 25 Gordon W, 17-5 7 1 8 1-2 6 2 2 1 9 77.8 9 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 1 Southern Me. W, 13-5 2 5 7 0-0 3 2 2 1 5 40.0 4 80.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 8 at Plymouth St. L, 11-9 5 0 5 0-2 2 1 2 2 11 45.5 6 54.5 1 - 0 0
Mar 11 at Norwich W, 21-7 6 2 8 0-1 0 4 1 0 10 60.0 8 80.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 13 Bates L, 15-9 4 2 6 1-1 1 0 3 1 9 44.4 6 66.7 1 - 0 0
Mar 18 at Anna Maria W, 19-4 3 4 7 1-1 2 6 5 0 5 60.0 4 80.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 22 at Dean W, 20-8 5 2 7 1-1 5 2 2 2 10 50.0 10 100.0 0 - 0 0
Mar 25 at Emmanuel (Mass.) W, 13-8 5 2 7 3-4 3 0 9 3 12 41.7 7 58.3 0 - 0 0
Mar 29 Rivier W, 17-7 3 4 7 0-0 5 8 4 3 9 33.3 7 77.8 1 - 0 0
Apr 1 Albertus Magnus W, 19-1 6 3 9 1-1 2 0 2 0 10 60.0 9 90.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 5 Lasell W, 17-3 3 3 6 0-0 1 1 1 0 4 75.0 4 100.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 8 at Elms W, 18-7 5 4 9 1-1 4 3 0 1 10 50.0 9 90.0 0 - 0 0
Apr 12 Regis (Mass.) W, 17-3 4 2 6 0-1 5 2 5 4 12 33.3 10 83.3 0 - 0 0
Apr 15 at Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 11-9 2 1 3 0-0 3 2 1 1 11 18.2 7 63.6 0 - 0 0
Apr 19 at Simmons W, 15-8 5 0 5 2-3 1 0 2 0 9 55.6 8 88.9 0 - 0 0
Apr 22 St. Joseph (Conn.) W, 14-3 6 4 10 0-0 4 4 2 1 12 50.0 10 83.3 0 - 0 0
Apr 26 Colby-Sawyer W, 14-11 4 2 6 0-0 0 2 1 0 5 80.0 5 100.0 1 - 0 0
Apr 28 Norwich W, 21-2 5 2 7 0-0 2 0 3 1 6 83.3 5 83.3 1 - 0 0
May 3 Simmons W, 11-5 2 2 4 0-0 5 0 3 2 8 25.0 6 75.0 0 - 0 0
May 6 at Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 10-6 3 1 4 2-3 1 1 3 0 7 42.9 5 71.4 0 - 0 0
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
2018-19 16 16 22 8 30 3-10 25 40 45 9 59 37.3 42 71.2 14 - 0 0
2020-21 8 8 27 32 59 5-17 23 9 36 15 62 43.5 50 80.6 4 - 0 0
2021-22 21 21 80 75 155 14-28 78 46 61 22 170 47.1 131 77.1 15 - 0 0
2022-23 20 20 85 46 131 13-21 55 40 53 23 174 48.9 139 79.9 6 - 0 0
Total 65 65 214 161 375 35-76 181 135 195 69 465 46.0 362 77.8 39 - 0 0
  gp gs g a pts fpg-fps gb dc to ct sh sh% sog sog% fo peyc rc gc
Total 20 20 85 46 131 13-21 55 40 53 23 174 48.9 139 79.9 6 - 0 0
Conference 13 13 57 33 90 9-13 35 34 35 15 119 47.9 98 82.4 3 - 0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 11 11 46 30 76 3-5 34 21 28 14 89 51.7 75 84.3 5 - 0 0
Away 9 9 39 16 55 10-16 21 19 25 9 85 45.9 64 75.3 1 - 0 0
Neutral - - - - 0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Wins 16 16 71 42 113 10-15 48 36 44 19 136 52.2 115 84.6 4 - 0 0
Losses 4 4 14 4 18 3-6 7 4 9 4 38 36.8 24 63.2 2 - 0 0
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February 1 1 7 1 8 1-2 6 2 2 1 9 77.8 9 100.0 0 - 0 0
March 8 8 33 21 54 6-10 21 23 28 12 71 46.5 52 73.2 3 - 0 0
April 9 9 40 21 61 4-6 22 14 17 8 79 50.6 67 84.8 3 - 0 0
May 2 2 5 3 8 2-3 6 1 6 2 15 33.3 11 73.3 0 - 0 0